Tag Archives: Japan
John Duerden, Sports Journalist
The London Summer Olympics is fast approaching and 204 countries are expected to participate, but one particular sport, football (soccer) is expected to grab headlines in countries like South Korea and Japan. To get a seismograph reading on Asia’s football
The Importance of Translators (Part 5 of 5)
In Part 5 of AsianTalks’ interview on e-learning in the corporate workplace with Laurence Smith, Managing Director of RBL Asia, we conclude with a conversation on the importance of Asian language translation in the corporate workplace, and how effective communication
Brian Salsberg, Editor of Reimagining Japan
Behind every book is a life, or lives, as is the case of the business title “Reimagining Japan.” Actually many lives, over 80 in total, including the editors that brought the book to life and published, during one of the
Japan Podcast! Insights Into Japanese Life
Tackling the topic of Japan can be a substantial undertaking. There is on one hand the ongoing public dialogue of the long-term challenges that are facing Japan’s well-being. An aging population, a low birthrate, and even impediments to effective leadership
Matthew Alt, Co-Founder of AltJapan
Long before Hollywood films like Lost in Translation popularized contemporary Japan in the imagination, Matthew Alt of AltJapan was actually finding himself in translation. As a technical translator for the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and later as a
Justin McCurry, Tokyo Correspondent at The Guardian
This month the Japanese people look back on a year after the Great Tohoku Earthquake and tsunami devastated the northeast coast of their country. On some levels reconstruction has taken place quite rapidly in Tohoku’s coastal communities. But the world
